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Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications.

Meet:

Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake;

Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call - 'Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!' - because he had spilled acid onto his trousers;

William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War.

From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this fascinating book, and a great resource for science projects and science fairs:

• Make your own paper

• Create your own halftone image

• Make your own pinhole camera

• Make a telegraph

• Use Morse code

• Make a light fountain

Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships Great Inventions

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    A Paperback / softback by Alannah Hegedus, Kaitlin Rainey, Bill Slavin

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      Publisher: Tundra Books
      Publication Date: 14/03/2001
      ISBN13: 9780887764523, 978-0887764523
      ISBN10: 0887764525

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications.

      Meet:

      Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake;

      Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call - 'Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!' - because he had spilled acid onto his trousers;

      William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War.

      From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this fascinating book, and a great resource for science projects and science fairs:

      • Make your own paper

      • Create your own halftone image

      • Make your own pinhole camera

      • Make a telegraph

      • Use Morse code

      • Make a light fountain

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